Abraliopsis gilchristi

Abraliopsis gilchristi is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopods found in southern temperate waters of the south Pacific Ocean, from New Zealand to South Africa, where it is abundant.[1] It undergoes a vertical daily migration spending the day at depth and moving closer to the surface at night[3] to feed on copepods, euphausiids and hyperiids. Spawning appears to occur between September and December.[1] The specific name honours the Scottish zoologist John Gilchrist (1866-1926) who was the first director of the Marine Biological Survey in Cape Town.[4] The type specimen was taken off Cape Town and is held in the Natural History Museum, London.[5]

Abraliopsis gilchristi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Enoploteuthidae
Genus:	Abraliopsis
Subgenus:	Micrabralia
Species:	A. gilchristi
Binomial name
Abraliopsis gilchristi (Robson, 1924)[2]
Synonyms[2]
Abralia gilchristi Robson, 1924 Enoploteuthis neozelanica Dell, 1959

References

1. Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Abraliopsis gilchristi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T163235A988278. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163235A988278.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
2. Julian Finn (2016). "Abraliopsis (Micrabralia) gilchristi Robson, 1924". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
3. P. Jereb; C.F.E. Roper, eds. (2010). Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization Rome. p. 197. ISBN 978-92-5-106720-8.
4. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. G." Hans G. Hansson. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
5. Michael J. Sweeney. "Recent Cephalopod Primary Type Specimens: A Searching Tool" (PDF). Wordpress. Retrieved 4 March 2018.